A one-vehicle accident Monday morning claimed the life of Mildred Parks, age 70. Ms. Parks apparently got out of her vehicle in the driveway of an East Winthrope Avenue residence to check one of the other doors, leaving the vehicle running. The vehicle began to move again with the driver’s open door striking Ms. Parks and traveling several feet before coming to a stop in a ditch near the Jenkins County Board of Education office. (Staff photo by Deborah Bennett)